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Everyone is a developer now.
Not because everyone learned Python or PowerShell.
Because now you can ask AI to write the code.
Did you understand it?
Did you test it?
Did you check what else it does?No?
Well, the AI sounded confident...
What could possibly go wrong?
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Everyone is a developer now.
Not because everyone learned Python or PowerShell.
Because now you can ask AI to write the code.
Did you understand it?
Did you test it?
Did you check what else it does?No?
Well, the AI sounded confident...
What could possibly go wrong?
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Your company probably has an AI strategy.
Your employees probably didn't wait for it.
They're already using AI for text, code, analysis, troubleshooting and whatever else gets the job done.
Useful? Absolutely.
Governed? That's another question.
We've seen this before. We called it Shadow IT.
New Jack's Rant: "AI Is The New Shadow IT"
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Your company probably has an AI strategy.
Your employees probably didn't wait for it.
They're already using AI for text, code, analysis, troubleshooting and whatever else gets the job done.
Useful? Absolutely.
Governed? That's another question.
We've seen this before. We called it Shadow IT.
New Jack's Rant: "AI Is The New Shadow IT"
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Sometimes the biggest outage isn't caused by a datacenter.
Sometimes it's caused by a laptop.
Episode 14 tells the story of how one innocent power setting managed to stop warehouse operations.
Shadow IT always finds a way.
Listen here : https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep14
#ITHorrorStories #ShadowIT #Infrastructure #Warehouse #Podcast
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Sometimes the biggest outage isn't caused by a datacenter.
Sometimes it's caused by a laptop.
Episode 14 tells the story of how one innocent power setting managed to stop warehouse operations.
Shadow IT always finds a way.
Listen here : https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep14
#ITHorrorStories #ShadowIT #Infrastructure #Warehouse #Podcast
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Professionalism and resilience instead of shadow IT
When the primary communication platform fails, employees often resort to personal accounts and improvised workarounds. This pragmatic approach poses risks to your organisation’s security and reputation.
In our blog, you can find out how to prevent the use of shadow IT when your communication tools fail: https://mailbox.org/en/blog/avoiding-shadow-IT-in-an-emergency/
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Professionalism and resilience instead of shadow IT
When the primary communication platform fails, employees often resort to personal accounts and improvised workarounds. This pragmatic approach poses risks to your organisation’s security and reputation.
In our blog, you can find out how to prevent the use of shadow IT when your communication tools fail: https://mailbox.org/en/blog/avoiding-shadow-IT-in-an-emergency/
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One laptop.
One warehouse.
One very expensive sleep mode.Episode 14:
Sleep Mode in ProductionListen here : https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep14
#technology #podcast #shadowIT #operations #incidentmanagement
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One laptop.
One warehouse.
One very expensive sleep mode.Episode 14:
Sleep Mode in ProductionListen here : https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep14
#technology #podcast #shadowIT #operations #incidentmanagement
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Shadow AI: The Risk Quietly Undermining Your Competitive Edge
Employees are already using AI with or without your approval. Learn why blocking Shadow AI fails and how to build a practical governance strategy that works.https://jseggers.com/technology/shadow-ai-the-risk-quietly-undermining-your-competitive-edge/
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Shadow AI: The Risk Quietly Undermining Your Competitive Edge
Employees are already using AI with or without your approval. Learn why blocking Shadow AI fails and how to build a practical governance strategy that works.https://jseggers.com/technology/shadow-ai-the-risk-quietly-undermining-your-competitive-edge/
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God... We have been discussing "shadow IT" as a problem for security, but embrace AI full throttle. Well, we'll see what that will bring
#datasecurity #dataprivacy #ITsecurity #supplychain #malware #shadowit -
God... We have been discussing "shadow IT" as a problem for security, but embrace AI full throttle. Well, we'll see what that will bring
#datasecurity #dataprivacy #ITsecurity #supplychain #malware #shadowit -
One laptop.
One warehouse.
One Windows power setting.
What could possibly go wrong?
One forgotten Shadow IT device quietly became critical infrastructure... until Windows decided it was bedtime.
Sometimes production outages don't require sophisticated attacks.
Sometimes they just need default settings.
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One laptop.
One warehouse.
One Windows power setting.
What could possibly go wrong?
One forgotten Shadow IT device quietly became critical infrastructure... until Windows decided it was bedtime.
Sometimes production outages don't require sophisticated attacks.
Sometimes they just need default settings.
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Shadow IT is usually just a polite way of saying your developers found a faster route around your broken infrastructure bottlenecks.
By standardizing the platform layer while giving engineers total freedom in their code, you can finally trade chaos for predictable behavior and sleep better at night. 🎯
Moving to automated guardrails means compliance becomes a deterministic outcome rather than a manual chore. ⚡
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Shadow IT is usually just a polite way of saying your developers found a faster route around your broken infrastructure bottlenecks.
By standardizing the platform layer while giving engineers total freedom in their code, you can finally trade chaos for predictable behavior and sleep better at night. 🎯
Moving to automated guardrails means compliance becomes a deterministic outcome rather than a manual chore. ⚡
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Monday morning IT question:
What's the most critical system you've found running on something that was never meant for production?
In Episode 14, Sleep Mode in Production, a laptop did just that.
Until it went to sleep.
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Monday morning IT question:
What's the most critical system you've found running on something that was never meant for production?
In Episode 14, Sleep Mode in Production, a laptop did just that.
Until it went to sleep.
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Nearly half of UK finance leaders say their organisations fall short on AI governance, according to new Soldo research. Twenty‑seven percent of employees bought AI tools without approval last year, fuelling shadow AI spend, and six in ten admit bending rules to access company funds. Only 27% of finance leaders say AI use is fully governed.
Story here: https://www.techfinitive.com/one-in-four-employees-buying-ai-tools-without-company-approval-research-finds/
#FinanceManagementSoftware #Fintech #ITManagement #ShadowAI #ShadowIT
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This is a supply chain story dressed as a CVE. The ecosystem was built too fast. Security assumed it would catch up. It hasn't.
Digital sovereignty without perimeter defence is just security theatre. If you're running MCP servers and you skip the proxy because 'it adds complexity,' you've already lost.
https://haunted.lighthouse.co.im/articles/badhost-mcp-sovereignty/
#BadHost #CVE202648710 #Starlette #FastAPI #MCP #SupplyChain #CyberSecurity #DigitalSovereignty #ShadowIT #Architecture
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This is a supply chain story dressed as a CVE. The ecosystem was built too fast. Security assumed it would catch up. It hasn't.
Digital sovereignty without perimeter defence is just security theatre. If you're running MCP servers and you skip the proxy because 'it adds complexity,' you've already lost.
https://haunted.lighthouse.co.im/articles/badhost-mcp-sovereignty/
#BadHost #CVE202648710 #Starlette #FastAPI #MCP #SupplyChain #CyberSecurity #DigitalSovereignty #ShadowIT #Architecture
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Did you already listen to our latest episode "Sleep Mode in Production" ?
A warehouse suddenly stopped operating — not because of a cyberattack, but because a laptop entered sleep mode.
A known system solved a real business problem, made its way into production, skipped a few operational questions… and eventually became more critical than anyone expected.
Listen now: https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep14
#technology #IT #ShadowIT #DevOps #Infrastructure #Podcast #ITHorrorStories
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Did you already listen to our latest episode "Sleep Mode in Production" ?
A warehouse suddenly stopped operating — not because of a cyberattack, but because a laptop entered sleep mode.
A known system solved a real business problem, made its way into production, skipped a few operational questions… and eventually became more critical than anyone expected.
Listen now: https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep14
#technology #IT #ShadowIT #DevOps #Infrastructure #Podcast #ITHorrorStories
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Some stories deserve a little more detail than a podcast episode allows.
For our latest episode, *Sleep Mode in Production*, we’ve published a companion article on *The Incident Log* where we go deeper into how a perfectly visible laptop quietly became critical warehouse infrastructure — and how a normal power-saving setting managed to stop operations.
Read the blog and continue the story behind the systems.
https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/episode-14-sleep-mode-in-production/
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Some stories deserve a little more detail than a podcast episode allows.
For our latest episode, *Sleep Mode in Production*, we’ve published a companion article on *The Incident Log* where we go deeper into how a perfectly visible laptop quietly became critical warehouse infrastructure — and how a normal power-saving setting managed to stop operations.
Read the blog and continue the story behind the systems.
https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/episode-14-sleep-mode-in-production/
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New episode: Sleep Mode in Production.
A warehouse outage caused by a laptop entering sleep mode sounds ridiculous… until you realize it really can happen.
Shadow IT, missing operational checks, and “temporary” solutions reaching production.
Find all links to listen on our website : https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep14
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/7LqbtykS0IQctSCucvQVHW
Apple Music : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith/id1812612272
YouTube : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9A9yzpnkOdVQvmFjgTsZRrE-zDCuIVcX
Deezer : https://link.deezer.com/s/30dyH3RoKvN8N24zgsbhj#technology #ShadowIT #DevOps #ITOperations #ITHorrorStories
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New episode: Sleep Mode in Production.
A warehouse outage caused by a laptop entering sleep mode sounds ridiculous… until you realize it really can happen.
Shadow IT, missing operational checks, and “temporary” solutions reaching production.
Find all links to listen on our website : https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep14
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/7LqbtykS0IQctSCucvQVHW
Apple Music : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith/id1812612272
YouTube : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9A9yzpnkOdVQvmFjgTsZRrE-zDCuIVcX
Deezer : https://link.deezer.com/s/30dyH3RoKvN8N24zgsbhj#technology #ShadowIT #DevOps #ITOperations #ITHorrorStories
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Shadow IT draining your budget? Upland Cimpl automates technology expense management to eliminate unauthorized spending, billing errors, and redundant licenses. Gain full visibility and control. #ShadowIT #TechGovernance
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Shadow IT : ces outils adoptés en dehors du radar de l'équipe sécurité, souvent par pure nécessité. Le vrai sujet n'est pas la désobéissance, c'est le signal : si les gens contournent les outils officiels, c'est peut-être que les outils officiels ont un problème à résoudre en premier. La visibilité commence par l'écoute. ☕ #infosec #ShadowIT #GRC
https://venturebeat.com/technology/hidden-it-problems-are-quietly-creating-risk-shadow-it-and-lost-productivity -
Enterprises claim visibility into AI but over half have shadow usage fears #ArtificialIntelligence #ShadowIT
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Enterprises claim visibility into AI but over half have shadow usage fears #ArtificialIntelligence #ShadowIT
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Vos employés utilisent sûrement des outils non approuvés — sans mauvaise intention, juste pour faire leur travail.
Dans le dernier épisode, on a parlé shadow IT, shadow AI et gestion des risques en PME avec Cyndie Feltz, Nicolas Milot et Dominique Derrier.
La vraie question avec l'IA : c'est pas "si" vos employés l'utilisent, c'est "comment l'encadrer".
🎧 Web: https://polysecure.ca/posts/episode-0x721.html#cabfa0a3
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/365I6KyLponG6wEN4HdvbW?si=dSeNJ0khQo-J8JvDxUqXNQ
🎧 YouTube: https://youtu.be/3jvB30VsXOY -
A recent Pentagon vendor cutoff exposed how many enterprises silently rely on hidden AI tools—think Claude, SDKs, and automated agents tucked away in Shadow IT. The fallout raises urgent questions about security, compliance, and true AI independence. Dive into the details to see what your organization might be missing. #AIDependencies #PentagonVendor #ShadowIT #EnterpriseSecurity
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/pentagon-vendor-cutoff-reveals-hidden-ai-dependencies-enterprises-lack
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A recent Pentagon vendor cutoff exposed how many enterprises silently rely on hidden AI tools—think Claude, SDKs, and automated agents tucked away in Shadow IT. The fallout raises urgent questions about security, compliance, and true AI independence. Dive into the details to see what your organization might be missing. #AIDependencies #PentagonVendor #ShadowIT #EnterpriseSecurity
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/pentagon-vendor-cutoff-reveals-hidden-ai-dependencies-enterprises-lack
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Is your "strategy" just a collection of manual spreadsheets? We call this Shadow Data Collapse. When the one person who understands the macros leaves, your "insights" go with them. Stop managing liabilities and start fixing the process.
Measure your friction before the collapse:
https://shaolindataservices.com/#diagnostic#DataStrategy #ShadowIT #Ops #ShaolinData #Analytics
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Is your "strategy" just a collection of manual spreadsheets? We call this Shadow Data Collapse. When the one person who understands the macros leaves, your "insights" go with them. Stop managing liabilities and start fixing the process.
Measure your friction before the collapse:
https://shaolindataservices.com/#diagnostic#DataStrategy #ShadowIT #Ops #ShaolinData #Analytics
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OpenClaw just hit 160 000 ⭐ on GitHub, showing how shadow‑IT tools are becoming mainstream. Its AI‑driven local agent lets users bypass corporate controls, raising fresh enterprise‑security questions. How should orgs respond to unauthorized software and shifting user permissions? Dive into the analysis. #OpenClaw #ShadowIT #AIAGENT #EnterpriseSecurity
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/openclaw-hits-160000-github-stars-shadow-it-becomes-new-normal
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OpenClaw just hit 160 000 ⭐ on GitHub, showing how shadow‑IT tools are becoming mainstream. Its AI‑driven local agent lets users bypass corporate controls, raising fresh enterprise‑security questions. How should orgs respond to unauthorized software and shifting user permissions? Dive into the analysis. #OpenClaw #ShadowIT #AIAGENT #EnterpriseSecurity
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/openclaw-hits-160000-github-stars-shadow-it-becomes-new-normal
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Security researchers discovered 1,862 Moltbot AI assistant servers exposed without authentication on the internet. The viral GitHub project requires access to emails, messages, banking, and system commands to function. 22% of enterprise customers have employees running it without IT approval, creating shadow AI deployments with full privileges. Supply chain attack tests compromised 16 developers across 7 countries within 8 hours. #AISecRisk #ShadowIT #SecurityResearch
https://www.implicator.ai/moltbot-punched-through-every-security-wall-attackers-followed/
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Adventures in Uptime: The Desk Production Server #13
You haven't known fear until you've been asked to "just reboot a PC" and discovered it's actually a production server that has lived under a desk for years.
"Enterprise-grade infrastructure" sometimes just means a desktop tower with a "Do Not Unplug" sticky note. 😅
The full story is available on my blog: https://alexnuttinck.dev/posts/adventures-in-uptime/13-the-desk-production-server/
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Finding out the sales team spent millions on a server because, well, 'storage,' is exactly the kind of surprise that keeps tech folks on their toes.
Find out more in Episode 9 - Shadow IT Reports
https://youtube.com/shorts/WAvQlBR08UU
#podcast #tech #techlife #ithumor #shadowit #cybersecurity
Listen to our podcast on :
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/7LqbtykS0IQctSCucvQVHW
Apple Music : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith/id1812612272
YouTube : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9A9yzpnkOdVQvmFjgTsZRrE-zDCuIVcX
Deezer : https://link.deezer.com/s/30dyH3RoKvN8N24zgsbhj -
You think your IT is under control, then suddenly realize half the business has their own secret apps running. Didn't see that coming, did you?
Find out more in Episode 9 - Shadow IT Reports
https://youtube.com/shorts/EL5FPj-xdLU
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/7LqbtykS0IQctSCucvQVHW
Apple Music : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith/id1812612272
YouTube : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9A9yzpnkOdVQvmFjgTsZRrE-zDCuIVcX
Deezer : https://link.deezer.com/s/30dyH3RoKvN8N24zgsbhj -
Ever wondered what Shadow IT actually is? Think of it as business folks building their own secret solutions without telling IT. If you’re clueless, stay blessed—ignorance really is bliss in this case.
Find out more in our latest episode Shadow IT Reports, available now on all podcast networks and where-ever you get your panic attacks.
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/7LqbtykS0IQctSCucvQVHW
Apple Music : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith/id1812612272
YouTube : https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9A9yzpnkOdVQvmFjgTsZRrE-zDCuIVcX
Deezer : https://link.deezer.com/s/30dyH3RoKvN8N24zgsbhj -
Google Opal is cool. Like dangerously cool.
No code AI mini apps mean employees can build powerful tools in minutes. That is innovation and also shadow AI, unclear data boundaries, and a lot of who approved this energy.
We break down what this means for privacy, governance, and B2B teams trying to keep up.
👉 https://medium.com/@biytelum/googles-opal-makes-ai-app-building-easy-that-is-exactly-why-it-deserves-a-privacy-conversation-8d5c2cab73ad
#GoogleOpal #DataPrivacy #AI #B2B #ShadowIT -
Google Opal lowers the barrier to building AI tools — fast.
As an experimental Google Labs product, it has no enterprise SLAs and limited security controls, and Google notes that a small subset of prompts may be reviewed.
For organizations, the risk isn’t innovation — it’s employee-built AI handling business or personal data without clear governance.
#GoogleOpal #GoogleLabs #DataPrivacy #Compliance #B2B #AI #ShadowIT -
So very human, I can sympathize
